Abstract
The Rue de Brabant is one of the nodes in the European migrant-globalisation-from-below-network. Starting from the sale and distribution of carpet, the street has gained a reputation all over Europe, and the entrepreneurs have become big stakeholders in the transnational ethnic commercial apparatus. The area itself has been a condition for its success. As a place in the margins, it was subjected to little mainstream political or economic attention, which made it possible for ethnic entrepreneurs to start-up and grow in sort of a grey zone of informal work and activities.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Brussels reader |
Place of Publication | Brussels |
Publisher | VUB press |
Pages | 43-60 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789057181764 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- ethnic entrepreneurship
- globalisation
- migrant communities
- migrant mobilities